Cyra (English name) is a feminine
given name
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and
surname
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The name "Cyra" is often considered a feminine form or variation of the name "Cyrus." While "Cyrus" has its origins in ancient Persia and is historically associated with the Achaemenid kings, "Cyra" appears to have been adapted or created as a feminine version of the name, particularly in English-speaking cultures.
People with the name include:
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Saint Cyra Cyra (also Chera, Crea, and Cere filia Duibhrea) was an early Irish abbess. Her feast day is 16 October.
The virgin saint was abbess of the monastery of ''Killchere'' ("Cyra's Church") in that part of Munster which was called ''Muscragia'' or Mus ...
, early Irish abbess
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Cyra McFadden
Cyra McFadden (December 2, 1937 – April 20, 2024) was an American author, who lived on a houseboat in Sausalito, California. (born 1937), American writer
* Cyra Noavek, character from Veronica Roth's
Carve the Mark
''Carve the Mark'' is a science fiction young adult novel. It is the fifth novel by Veronica Roth, published on January 17, 2017, by HarperCollins. The story follows Akos and Cyra, young people from opposing cultures whose fates are intertwined ...
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Adam Cyra
Adam Cyra (born 1949) is a Polish historian. A specialist in World War II history of Central Europe, he graduated from Jagiellonian University. Since 1972 he is a staff member of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim. His doctoral the ...
(born 1949), Polish historian
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